oar

“You need the Fox News hosts who can talk to an audience of zillions, but you also need the lower-level figures. You need everyone pulling on the oar.”

He grins, mischievously: “Or, to put it another way: It’s better to pretend to hit someone over the head with an oar than it is to actually do it.”

As ROC and OAR, they appeared as a group in the medal tables.

Slap the water with your paddle, oar or hand.

It was their influence that led him to first pick up an oar at Castle Dore Rowing Club.